Classification
landscapes
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner
Accession Number
1948-47-6
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
"Forest" (1891) offers a glimpse into the creative explorations of Arnold William Brunner, an American artist and architect active during the late nineteenth century. Created when Brunner was in his mid-thirties, the work belongs to the Smithsonian Art Museum’s landscape holdings and reflects the period’s enduring fascination with the natural world as both subject and source of inspiration Though the precise medium remains unrecorded, the piece captures the quiet majesty of woodland scenery at a time when many American creators were turning to nature to express national identity and personal r...